Mr. Timmermans serves as general counsel for the firm and seeks to optimize organizational efficiency regarding legal matters. He is responsible for the negotiation and management of client contracts, insurance matters, and employee relations and ensures legal compliance regarding mergers and acquisitions activity. Additionally, Mike oversees SEC compliance for Registered Investment Advisors and works with external compliance consultants on regulatory filings and adherence to compliance program.
Before joining FLP, Mike served as general counsel (chief legal officer) and assistant chief compliance officer for Longfellow Investment Management Co., LLC, where he maintained the firm’s compliance policies, procedures and regulatory filings, among other things. Prior to that, he was a contracts team manager at State Street Global Advisors and in-house counsel for Atlantis Technology Corporation.
Mr. Timmermans received his Juris Doctor from New England School of Law and his master’s of laws (LLM) degree in Banking and Financial Law from the Boston University School of Law.
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